Maja Andrič, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Assist. prof.
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maja.andric@zrc-sazu.si
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Research interests
Maja Andrič is a palynologist studying fossil pollen grains in lake and wetland sediments to reconstruct vegetation history. Her research is focused on changes of Late Quaternary environment and human impact on the vegetation in various archaeological periods. Working in multidisciplinary teams, in cooperation with experts from other fields of research, we are studying long-term environmental processes to better understand which changes of vegetation were triggered by people and which by climate, and how people affected natural environments.
Education and Qualifications
- BSci, archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 1994
- MSci, archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 1997
- DPhil, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, 2001
Research interests
- palynology (Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation, human impact on the environment, Ljubljansko barje, Julijske Alpe and Bela krajina regions of Slovenia) and microcharcoal analysis (rekostruction of fire regimes)
- multidisciplinary studies of long-term environmental processes/li>
Teaching
- Environmental archaeology – lectures for archaeology students at Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
- Palinology – lecturer at Postgraduate School of ZRC SAZU
PhD students
2018–2022Nina Caf (2018–2022), Palaeoecological research in the Julian Alps, PhD thesis, Postgraduate School of ZRC SAZU
Organising of scientific meetings
Awards and Recognitions
- 2020 and 2021: ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) award, articles Andrič et al. QSR, 2020 in Feurdean et al. Biogeosciences 2020 were selected among the best scientific achievements
- 2017: Recognition of the Slovenian Archeology Society for the book 'Okoljska arheologija in paleoekologija. Palinologija, arheobotanika in arheozoologija' (Environmental archaeology and palaeoecology. Palynology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology) (2016)
- 1999–2000: Marjorie Clerk Scholarship (St. Hugh’s College, Oxford), ORS award, Dulverton trust scholarship
- 1997–1998: Graduate Scholarship, Selwyn College, Cambridge
Editorial board
- Member of the Editorial board of the Documenta Praehistorica
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Although the Institute of Archeology moved to Novi trg 5, the palinology office and the palynological laboratory are still at Gosposka 13.
Selected publications
Maja Andrič is a (co)author of 33 papers, 8 book chapters and 1 monograph. Full publication list (pdf)
2020−2025
- CAF, Nina, SABATIER, Pierre, ŠMUC, Andrej, OGRINC, Nives, DOLENEC, Matej, RAPUC, William, POTOČNIK, Doris, GRAFENSTEIN, Ulrich von, ANDRIČ, Maja 2023, Multi-proxy reconstruction of the Holocene vegetation and land use dynamics in the Julian Alps, north-west Slovenia. Journal of quaternary science. 3/1, 107−122. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3461
- ANDRIČ, Maja, SABATIER, Pierre, RAPUC, William, OGRINC, Nives, DOLENEC, Matej, ARNAUD, Fabien, GRAFENSTEIN, Ulrich von, ŠMUC, Andrej 2020, 6600 years of human and climate impacts on lake-catchment and vegetation in the Julian Alps (Lake Bohinj, Slovenia). Quaternary Science Reviews 227, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106043
- Andrič M. 2020, Maharski prekop, Stare gmajne and Blatna Brezovica settlements and the vegetation of Ljubljansko barje (Slovenia) in the 4th millennium cal. BC, Documenta Praehistorica 47, 420-445. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.47.24
2010−2019
- RAPUC, William, SABATIER, Pierre, ANDRIČ, Maja, CROUZET, Christian, ARNAUD, Fabien, CHAPRON, Emmanuel, ŠMUC, Andrej, DEVELLE, Anne-Lise, WILHELM, Bruno, DEMORY, François, REYSS, Jean-Louis, RÉGNIER, Edouard, DAUT, Gerhard, GRAFENSTEIN, Ulrich von1018, 6600 years of earthquake record in the Julian Alps (Lake Bohinj, Slovenia). Sedimentology 65, 2018, str. 1777-1799, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106043
- ANDRIČ Maja, TOLAR Tjaša, TOŠKAN Borut 2016 Okoljska arheologija in paleoekologija: palinologija, arheobotanika in arheozoologija, Ljubljana.
- Feurdean A., A. Perşoiu, I. Tanţău, T. Stevens, E.K. Magyari, B.P. Onac, S. Marković, M. Andrič, S. Connor, S. Fărcaş, M. Gałka, T. Gaudeny, W. Hoek, P. Kolaczek, P. Kuneš, M. Lamentowicz, E. Marinova, D.J. Michczyńska, I. Perşoiu, M. Płóciennik, M. Słowiński, M. Stancikaite, P. Sumegi, A. Svensson, T. Tămas, A. Timar, S. Tonkov, M. Toth, S. Veski, K.J. Willis, V. Zernitskaya 2014, Climate variability and associated vegetation response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka, Quaternary Science Reviews 106, 206–224. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.003
- LANE, C., ANDRIČ, M., CULLEN V. L. IN BLOCKLEY S. P. E., 2011, The occurrence of distal Icelandic and Italian tephra in the Lateglacial of Lake Bled, Slovenia. Quaternary Science Reviews 30, 1013–1018.
- ANDRIČ, M., MARTINČIČ, A., ŠTULAR B., PETEK F. in T. GOSLAR, 2010, Land-use changes in the Alps (Slovenia) in the fifteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries AD: A comparative study of the pollen record and historical data. The Holocene 20(7): 1023-1037.
2000−2009
- ANDRIČ, M., J. MASSAFERRO, U. EICHER, B. AMMANN, M. C. LEUENBERGER, A. MARTINČIČ, E. MARINOVA, A. BRANCELJ, 2009. A multi-proxy Late-glacial palaeoenvironmental record from Lake Bled, Slovenia, Hydrobiologia 631, 121-141.
- ANDRIČ, M., B. KROFLIČ, M. J. TOMAN, N. OGRINC, T. DOLENEC, M. DOBNIKAR, B. ČERMELJ, 2008. Late Quaternary vegetation and hydrological change at Ljubljansko barje (Slovenia), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 270, 150-165
- ANDRIČ, M., The Holocene Vegetation Development in Bela krajina (Slovenia) and the Impact of Fist Farmers on the Landscape, The Holocene 17(6), 2007,763-776.
- GOSLAR T., van der KNAAP W. O., HICKS S., ANDRIČ M., CZERNIK J., GOSLAR E., RÄSÄNEN S., HYÖTYLÄ H. 2005, Radiocarbon dating of modern peat profiles. Pre- and post-bomb 14C variations in the construction of age-depth models. Radiocarbon 47(1), 115–134.
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Selected projects
PROGRAMME: Archaeological research (2022−2027) (research programme • January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2027)
Ironing out complexities in karst chronology: the Quaternary aeolianite karst phenomenon (June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2028)
Open Palaeoecological Data – analysing the past building foresight (OC-2023-1-26573) (October 16, 2024 - October 15, 2028)
Bridging the GAP between Geological, Archaeological and Palynological studies (interdisciplinary project • January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2027)
Extreme Earth. A holistic approach to the Earth surface processes driven by extreme weather events (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2027)
Advanced digital methods in archaeology (bilateral project • January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Spatial and environmental reconstruction of medieval landscape: Herzegovina case study medieval BiH (fundamental research project • October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2024)
Dog or its master ? The scientific study of human or canine coprolites from the prehistoric pile-dwelling site of Stare gmajne, Slovenia (November 1, 2020 - October 31, 2024)
5000 years of grazing and mining activities in the Julian Alps (Slovenia): climate-human interactions as reflected in lake sediments, man-modified landscape and archaeological findings (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022)
Na-kolih - Interpretation of Biodiversity and Heritage of Pile Dwellings in the Ljubljana Marshes (July 1, 2019 - November 30, 2022)
PROGRAMME: Archaeological research (2015−2021) (research programme • January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2021)
Artefacts and landscapes. Structured Iron Age communities in the Notranjska region (May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2020)
Vegetation and hydrology of Ljubljansko barje in the past, present and future – a consequence of succession, human impact or climatic fluctuations? (July 1, 2014 - February 28, 2018)
PROGRAMME: Archaeological investigations (2009-2014) (research programme • January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014)
The adaptation patterns of human activities to the environmental changes after Last Glacial Maximum in Slovenia (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
IQ: Ironing out complexities (June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2028)
Prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements on the Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia: chronology, culture and palaeoenvironment (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
Space and time rainfall isotopic composition reconstruction around the Mediterranean Sea using speleothems, tree rings and lakes sediments - Instrumental calibration and comparison with isotopic model simulations (January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2013)
Multidisciplinary investigations of the pile-dwellings in the Ljubljansko barje (applied project • January 1, 2008 - January 31, 2011)
The Krvavec cultural heritage - preparation of tourist product and its management (applied project • January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2009)
Microscopic biological remains in cultural layers of Slovenian archaeological sites as a tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions (January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2007)
Archaeological and palynological resaerch in the Ljubljansko barje (research project • July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2007)
PINE (Predicting Impacts on Natural Ecotones) (exploration • May 1, 2002 - April 30, 2005)
The development of Slovenian cultural landscape: a comparison of phytolith and pollen record (January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2005)
Archaeological and Dendrochronological Research in the Ljubljansko barje (applied project • July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2004)
The development of Slovenian cultural landscape in Bela krajina and Ljubljansko barje (July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2004)
Ironing out complexities in karst chronology: the Quaternary aeolianite karst phenomenon (June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2028)
Open Palaeoecological Data – analysing the past building foresight (OC-2023-1-26573) (October 16, 2024 - October 15, 2028)
Bridging the GAP between Geological, Archaeological and Palynological studies (interdisciplinary project • January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2027)
Extreme Earth. A holistic approach to the Earth surface processes driven by extreme weather events (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2027)
Advanced digital methods in archaeology (bilateral project • January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Spatial and environmental reconstruction of medieval landscape: Herzegovina case study medieval BiH (fundamental research project • October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2024)
Dog or its master ? The scientific study of human or canine coprolites from the prehistoric pile-dwelling site of Stare gmajne, Slovenia (November 1, 2020 - October 31, 2024)
5000 years of grazing and mining activities in the Julian Alps (Slovenia): climate-human interactions as reflected in lake sediments, man-modified landscape and archaeological findings (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022)
Na-kolih - Interpretation of Biodiversity and Heritage of Pile Dwellings in the Ljubljana Marshes (July 1, 2019 - November 30, 2022)
PROGRAMME: Archaeological research (2015−2021) (research programme • January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2021)
Artefacts and landscapes. Structured Iron Age communities in the Notranjska region (May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2020)
Vegetation and hydrology of Ljubljansko barje in the past, present and future – a consequence of succession, human impact or climatic fluctuations? (July 1, 2014 - February 28, 2018)
PROGRAMME: Archaeological investigations (2009-2014) (research programme • January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014)
The adaptation patterns of human activities to the environmental changes after Last Glacial Maximum in Slovenia (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
IQ: Ironing out complexities (June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2028)
Prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements on the Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia: chronology, culture and palaeoenvironment (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
Space and time rainfall isotopic composition reconstruction around the Mediterranean Sea using speleothems, tree rings and lakes sediments - Instrumental calibration and comparison with isotopic model simulations (January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2013)
Multidisciplinary investigations of the pile-dwellings in the Ljubljansko barje (applied project • January 1, 2008 - January 31, 2011)
The Krvavec cultural heritage - preparation of tourist product and its management (applied project • January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2009)
Microscopic biological remains in cultural layers of Slovenian archaeological sites as a tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions (January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2007)
Archaeological and palynological resaerch in the Ljubljansko barje (research project • July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2007)
PINE (Predicting Impacts on Natural Ecotones) (exploration • May 1, 2002 - April 30, 2005)
The development of Slovenian cultural landscape: a comparison of phytolith and pollen record (January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2005)
Archaeological and Dendrochronological Research in the Ljubljansko barje (applied project • July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2004)
The development of Slovenian cultural landscape in Bela krajina and Ljubljansko barje (July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2004)